LVMH
LVMH is a powerhouse in the global luxury jewellery market, shaping trends through its iconic maisons—Bulgari, Tiffany, Chaumet, Fred, and others. Its strategies in branding, acquisitions, product innovation, and market positioning directly influence UK jewellers, suppliers, and designers. Jewellery Focus offers in-depth coverage of LVMH’s moves: corporate results for its Watches & Jewellery division, acquisition strategies (like Pedemonte), flagship store openings, and brand-specific launches in watches and high jewellery. We help industry professionals decode LVMH’s impact—on sourcing, pricing, product development, and competitive dynamics in the UK trade.
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Jun- 2015 -9 JuneE-Commerce
Richemont invites LVMH and Kering to create new online store
The chairman and CEO of Richemont, Johann Rupert, has invited LVMH and Kering to create a new online luxury retail store to compete with Amazon. Speaking at the Financial Times Business of Luxury event in Monte Carlo, Rupert said that he had spoken to Bernard Arnault CEO at LVMH, which…
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Mar- 2015 -20 MarchWatch Focus
Tag Heuer partners with Google and Intel to develop smartwatch
Tag Heuer has announced that it will partner with Google and Intel to create an Android Wear powered smartwatch. The collaboration was made official at Baselworld during a press conference held yesterday at the Tag Heuer booth. The company, which is owned by the luxury goods maker LVMH Group, said…
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Oct- 2014 -16 OctoberEconomy
LVMH jewellery and watches arm rises 5%
The jewellery and watches division of luxury good group LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton has reported a 5% lift in revenues for the first nine months of the year. LVMH said that while watches continued to be affected by “cautious purchasing of multi-brand retailers”, the third quarter showed “notable acceleration”…
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Sep- 2014 -17 SeptemberInternational
TAG Heuer ‘to launch a smartwatch’
A swiss newspaper has reported that TAG Heuer is planning a smartwatch product, according to Reuters. The comments, purportedly made by Jean-Claude Biver, head of LVMH’s watch business, were published in NZZ am Sonntag, a major Sunday newspaper. Biver is alleged to have said: “We want to launch a smartwatch at…
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Jul- 2014 -29 JulyEditor's Blog
The luxury goods market is buoyant – it’s time to stop blaming the economy
When luxury goods giant LVMH announces that handbags and belts at £1000+ a piece are doing better than watches and jewellery, you have to ask what is going on. The West, in its entirety, has become obsessed with the notion that economic weakness is to blame for poor sales in…
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28 JulyEconomy
LVMH enjoys 3% rise in H1 jewellery and watch revenue
Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton (LVMH), recorded revenue of €14 billion in the first half of 2014, an increase of 3%, with its jewellery and watches category matching 3% growth. Organic revenue growth for the whole group was 5% compared with the same period in 2013, and in a statement LVMH described “resilience”…
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Feb- 2013 -21 FebruaryManufacturers
Dreyfuss Group announces new head of brand
Liz Sowden has been appointed as head of brand at the Dreyfuss Group.
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